Hosomaki

Thin sushi rolls, called âhosomakiâ in Japanese, are delicious and super convenient to eat. The bite sized pieces make eating sushi cleaner and easier. These are perfect to take for lunch, especially when you donât have a lot of time and need to eat on the go!

You can also pack these hosomaki for childrenâs lunches, because theyâre easy for them to eat and theyâre a great change from a regular sandwich. You can even get the children to help you prepare them because theyâre fun to make and fill with your favourite ingredients.

My favourite ingredients to put in these mini sushi rolls are cucumber, tuna, and pickled daikon. The tuna rolls are often made with sashimi tuna, rather than canned tuna, but I prefer the canned version, and this is also what you can often find at sushi shops.

In Japanese, the tuna rolls are called âtekka makiâ, the cucumber rolls are called âkappa makiâ, and the pickled daikon rolls are called âshinko makiâ. These are the classic flavours of hosomaki, but you could also put egg or chicken as well.

To make them small and thin you need to use smaller pieces of seaweed and put less rice than you would for regular sushi. I always like to order hosomaki when I go out to a sushi restaurant because theyâre less messy and you can eat the whole piece in one go, unlike regular sushi rolls where you have to bite into it, which can make rice fall out everywhere. Hosomaki are also cleaner because you can properly eat them with chopsticks, so you donât have to get the hands, nor the sushi, dirty. You can make these for lunch or dinner and serve with some miso soup and enjoy a delicious, simple, and homemade Japanese meal!